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From: jmm@miro.Berkeley.EDU (James Moore)
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Subject: Re: How to spell sgean dhu? (Re: A bit more about Picts)
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Modern Irish spelling is "scian dhubh."  I don't have a Scottish dictionary
handy, but I would guess their spelling is the same.  The use of "g" in place
of "c" seems to occur in a lot of different words, but mostly in older texts.

James Moore